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Early Golden Plum Scionwood (Spring 2026)


A very early, yellow-skinned hybrid plum .

This tree is hardy and vigorous with an upright-spreading habit. It is very productive and should be pruned well, as it tends to biennialism if allowed to overcrop. Early Golden is not self-fertile, and it will need to be partnered with an early-blooming Japanese plum. Suitable pollen partners include Burbank, Ozark Premier, Shiro, Vanier, and Vampire. It is slightly susceptible to leaf spot and black knot.

Early Golden is one of the first plums of the season, ripening two weeks before Shiro. It is a small golden plum with a pretty, pink blush and sweet, rich flesh. It is firmer than Shiro and less easily bruised.

This tree originated as a chance seedling in Fonthill, Ontario, Canada, and it is likely a cross of myrobalan and Japanese plum (possibly Shiro or Burbank).

Photo courtesy of Whiffletree Nursery, Ontario, CA.

Volume Pricing

Premiums are included in the following prices if applicable. These prices are for regular scion. Add $1 for clean scion.

Quantity Early Golden Plum Scion
1 $12.00
2-5 $8.00
6-10 $7.00
11-99 $6.00
100+ $5.00

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$12.00 ea.

This is the full retail price for orders of 1 scion. You can get these scion for as low as $5.00 each – see Volume Pricing above. More about Pricing & Grading.

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This product is an unrooted plant cutting meant for grafting onto rootstock (sold separately) or onto other existing trees.

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Clean vs. Regular

Our clean scion is harvested from trees grown on G.16, which is extremely sensitive to viruses. These trees would not have survived if the scion contained viruses. Our clean wood has not been lab tested. Regular = may contain one of the common latent viruses; this is not usually a problem and can be used with most rootstocks.

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This tree is hardy and vigorous with an upright-spreading habit. It is very productive and should be pruned well, as it tends to biennialism if allowed to overcrop. Early Golden is not self-fertile, and it will need to be partnered with an early-blooming Japanese plum. Suitable pollen partners include Burbank, Ozark Premier, Shiro, Vanier, and Vampire. It is slightly susceptible to leaf spot and black knot.

Early Golden is one of the first plums of the season, ripening two weeks before Shiro. It is a small golden plum with a pretty, pink blush and sweet, rich flesh. It is firmer than Shiro and less easily bruised.

This tree originated as a chance seedling in Fonthill, Ontario, Canada, and it is likely a cross of myrobalan and Japanese plum (possibly Shiro or Burbank).

Photo courtesy of Whiffletree Nursery, Ontario, CA.


The Fruit

Fruit Type

Category: Plum
Subcategory: Hybrid

Fruit Uses & Storage

Uses: fresh eating, jam, baking, canning, freezing, jelly
Storage duration: less than one month (approximate, depending on storage conditions)

Fruit Appearance

Skin color: yellow
Flesh color: yellow

Fruit Origins

Parentage: unknown
Origin: Ontario, Canada
Introduced in: before 1946
Introduced by: Wellington & Davidson (Fonthill Nurseries)

The Environment

Calendar & Geography

USDA zones: 5 - 8
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Jul 13 (approximate, in New York State) 50 days before Stanley

Diseases & Pests

glossary

Bacterial Spot: Susceptible
Black Knot: Susceptible

Pollination

Pollination Factors

glossary

Bloom group:
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid

Pollination Partners

This table shows the first few results from a full search for pollenizers of Early Golden Plum. Please see our Pollenizer Search to run other queries and read how the application uses various factors. Also read more about fruit tree pollination.

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